John Oliver Quotes
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I'm not out there to be blocking shots or fighting guys. I'm out there to produce offensively.
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Through the Internet, I've developed a strong social network - something I could never do if I had to keep my choice of peers within school grounds.
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I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
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I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.
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I have 137 pairs of shoes and 200 pairs of jeans.
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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.
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Any kind of peanut butter/chocolate concoction is my jam.
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Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think they sit there abstractly hating freedom.
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When you have a lot of women in our state that do wear the hijab, we should be able to see that everywhere.
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I'm definitely not on Twitter. I do have a Facebook page and Facebook friends. It's a lot of fun, especially if you don't just start friending people you don't know.
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Men aren't able to retire and are going bankrupt making alimony payments.
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The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights.
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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced in it.
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I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.
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I didn't like horses when I was a kid.
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If I weren't a writer, I think I might have thrown myself more enthusiastically into advertising. But, it's difficult to imagine being a diligent copywriter. It would be quite exasperating for me.
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Old age is a wonderful time of life. At least, that's what everyone tells you. But let me tell you: it is not true. What's true is that your hips, knees and ankles gradually give up on you - everything is quite dreadful, really. And it was a terrible thing to have told us because we believed it.
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Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.
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The innovator has for enemies all who have done well under the old, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.
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There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.
